Gearing for washing-machines



(No Model.)

B. T. TRUEBLOOD.

GEARING- PoR WASHING MACHINES.

l `:n .2e,75s. f Patented Dems, 1882.

INVBNTIOR.

ATTORNEYS.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

BARCLAY T. TRUEBLO'OD, OF SALEM, IOWA.

'GEARING Foa wAsl-nNG-MACHmEs.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters lgatent No. 268,753, dated December 5,` 1882.

A Application filed August 5, 1882. (No model.) u

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, BAROLAY T. TRUE- BLOOD, ot' Salem, in the county of Henry and State of Iowa, naveinvented certain-new and useful Improvements in Gearing for Washing-Machines; and l do hereby declare that the following isa full,clear, and exact description of the invention, which will enable others skilled inthe art to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference heilig had to theaccompanying drawings, which forni a part of this specification, and in which- Figure l is a side view ot my improved gearing for washing-machines. Fig. 2 is a front elevation of the same. Fig. 3 is a sectional View through the center of the pinions and their bearings; and Fig. 4 is a perspective detail-view ofthe removable crank or handle.

Similar letters of Vreference indicate corresponding parts in all the gures.

My invention has relation to the gearing for operating' the beater'or beaters of rotary reciprocating washing-machines; and it consists in the construction and arrangement of a duplex gearing, as hereinafter more fully described, and particularly pointed out in the claim.

In the accompanying' drawings, A represents part ot' the top or cover ot' a washinginachine, upon which the bearingB is suitably secured. U is a rotary reciprocating beaterstaff, which is suitably boxed in the cover A, and provided with a large beveled pinion, D, and a smaller beveled pinion, E, both of which are firm ly keyed upon the staff-one above the other; or they may be cast in one piece. The large pinion, D,.meshes with a beveled wheel, l", the short axle, f, of which is boxed in the bearing B on one side thereof, and the smaller pinion, E, meshes in like manner with the large beveled wheel or cogged segment, G, the

shaft g of which is boxed in bearing B, opposite to the smaller cog-wheel, F.

Either one or both of the beveled wheels or segments F and G may be operated by the removable handle or lever H, the lower end, H', of which is wedge-shaped to permit it to 'lit between flanges I I upon the outer side or faces of beveled wheels F and G. It also has a lip, h, straddlin g the top part of the wheel, and at its lower end is the headed pin or bolt K, the head of which may be inserted through an enlargement, l, at the upper end of the slot L, made in the wheels F and G between their respective anges I I. By this construction the lever or handle H may readily be changed from one ofthe wheels to the other, or from one side of' the machine to the other, by simply pulling it in an upward direction, so as to permit the headed pin or bolt K to slip outof its fastening-slot L through the enlargement lof the same. y i

By changing lever H from one of the wheels to rhe other it will require greater or less power to' run the machine, the lesser power being required for operating the smaller Wheel, F, which meshes with the large pinion, D, while greater expenditure of power is required to operatelarge wheel, D, which meshes with the smaller pinion, 11i. In this manner themachine may be adjusted to suit persons of varying age orstrength; or, it' desired, and by at'- xing a handle to both ot' the wheelsF and Gr, a person may operate both at the same time by alternately reciprocating' them with the arms. It is obvious that in that event the throw of one ofthe levers H will be considerably greater than that ot' the other; but by changing the position from one side of the machine to the other the operator may shift his hands from one lever to the other if he should get tired out in one of the arms.

I am aware of Parents Nos. 190,804, ofl877, and 257,839, ot' 1882, and the constructions therein set forth are not sought to be covered in this application.

Having thus described my invention, I claim and desire to secure by Letters Patent of the United Statesln combination with the spindle O and gears D and E, keyed thereon, the large gear, F, meshing with the gear D, and having flanges l, shaf'tf, and eye-slot L, the gear G meshing with the gear E and having similar an'ges, shaft, and slot, and the interchangeable handle H, having portion H, with stud K andlip h, all constructed arranged, and operating as set forth.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I have hereunto affixed my signature in presence of two witnesses.

BAROLAY T. TRUEBLOOD.

Witnesses:

y MATTHEW TEUEBLooD,

DAVID M. TRUEBLooD.

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